Wire-twisting device



. I BY z y @Q ZWX H. ANDERSON.

WIRE TWISTING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 26. 1920.

1,396,013, Patented Nov. 8, 1921.

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ATTORNEY.

H. ANDERSON.

WIRE TWISTING DEVICE.

APPLICATION mu) JUNE 26, 1920.

1 ,396,01 3, Patented Nov. 8, 1921.

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I N VEN TOR.

WITNESS.-

[UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENNING ANDERSON, or CHICAGO, IL'L no 's.

, To all whom it may concern:

. struction,'cheap to manufacture and durable ing at Chicago,

Be it known that I, HENNI G ANDERSON, a citizen of theKingdom of 7 inthe county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in lire-Twisting Devices, of whiohthe following is a specification. 1

This invention relates to improvements in wire twisting devices andits iobject priq marily is to provide means 'for twisting the ends of tie or binding wire to securely retain the object bound in adjusted or bound position. A further object is to provide a device of, this class that' is of simple conand efficient in use. With the foregoing and other objects in view the invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter fully described, pointed out in the appended claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawingswhich.

form a part of this specification and in which,

Figure. 1 is a vertical sectional :view

' through the device.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary side view of Fi 1. I

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary planview of a concrete fence showing the application of my device to, bind the fencezelements together.

Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional view through the fence of Fig. 3.

elevation of Fig. 4

Fig. 5 is a View in the wire twister is from the side to which secured.

The wire twister comprises a shell body 1, preferably circular in-cross section, having.

. one open end formed with the serrations 2 and formed with the elongated slot 3, saidshell being formed also with the inner annular partition 4. Snugly fitting within Sweden, resid.

said ring being formed 'WIRE-TWISTING DEVICE.

Y Patented Nov. s,- 1921. Serial No. 391,917.

the-.shell 1- and movable longitudinally thereof is an annular jacket ,5 that carries astop screw 6 disposed in the slot 3 of shell 1, said jacket being formed with an outwardly. extending flange '7 adapted to rest upon the upper end of the shell 1 and with an inwardly extending annular shoulder 8 substantially; opposite the flange 7, said shoulder 8 serving as an abutment forone end of an expansion coil spring 9 arranged within the jacket, the pposite end of said spr ng resting upon the shell partition v4. The spring'9 serves to yieldingly force the jacket out of the non-serrated end ofthe shell, said members being positively connected. however, by the screw 6.

partly upon; theflange 7 thereof is a ring 10 secured to said jacket by the screws 11, with an.-;inwardly extending flange 12 that seats in an annular recess formed in the periphery of a rotary cap,.l3 that is seatedupon the jacketshoulder .8, said cap one end of the jacket, saidcap being formed with the perforation 14. The cap is formed with the integral upstanding post or stem 15 to which the block 16 is pivotally' secured b the pin furcate at its pivoted end to receive the post 15,. ing a shoulder 18 adapted, when the block is turned at right angles to the post, forengagement with oneside of the post. A plate 19 is formed with serrations 20 and is secured to the block 16 by the screws 21, said plate being formed centrally with a threaded perforation in alinement with a threaded groove in the block 16 to receive the screw 22 whereby the shank 23 is adjustably and secured tosaid plate and block, the base 24 of said shank being serrated and said shank, at its oppositeend, being provided with the handle 25.

When a strand of wire 26 is to be twisted upon itself or two strands of wire to be twisted together the operation is as follows: The wire is first placed about the object to be bound and the ends passed through the shell 1, through the perforation 14 in cap 13 and then placed opposite each other between the base 24 of the shank 23 and the plate 19. The shank is now tightened down upon the wire. In the case of the concrete fence shown in Figs. 3,4 and 5 the wire is passed around the fence post 27 through the rail removably forming a closure for 17, said block being bi- So the base of the;bifurcation'formmytw'isting V H fence rails "28," 3i0and between successive" 28, around thef'spac'er blocki29, through'rail V 30-, about post 31 and theIi-back and itse nds' 2Q. Ther-f encepos outside the rails 28, 7 block 29 andinalinement therewith and themembers 27, 29, 31 and the rails are, secured togethenwith "the binding wire by means of located as previously 'described. Thisfconcrete fence is formed of'two" parallel;rails '28 and 30 spaced apart'by the spacerbloc'ksv- .27 and 31 are placed 30 with relation to the device. ,The space between the spacer-blocks 29-is filled-in with concrete.

'nowrot'ated by means that 'portion of the wire strands between the I cap and-the objectbeingbound will; be

Withthe ends'of the'wire to be twisted in position the serrated end of thershell'l rests 'u'porr-the object' beingbound; The shank'23;

plate 19; block-I16Qpost'15 andrcap j13" are of the handle when twisted-as shown in Fig; 6. The spring 9 in the jacket o -forcingthe members -1-,' 5 apart freed.

. fo r yieldingly'urgingsaidshell and jacket 3 out of mutual engagement, meansforl1m1t-V 7 serves to stretch the wire and prevent it 1 from being knotted while'being twisted 7 2 thereby-securely bound the shank'23'-'is- 'loosenedflfrOm'the'plate 19 and the When the wireis twisted andthe object held liWhat 'isclaimed is': i -1JIn 'a w-ire twister, a shellb'ody, 'a-jacket slidablysecured to said" shell body, means ing the relative movement "of said shell body and jacket, ajrotary cap 'carried: bysaid j-ac'ltiehya stem forsaid cap; and adjustable W V E wireengaging members carried by said stem.

" 2. IEIn 'a w1re twister,ashell body, a jacket 1 "fslidably secured to' said shell body, means for saidfshell and jacket out manganese "stem'ffor; said cap, 7,

7 members carried by said stem,-s a1dmembers. including a 'blfurcatedblockplvo jacket slidably secured} to said 'spring connecting 7 said:

wire. ends of mutual engagement; the: relative movement .7 of said: shell and tally secured tosaid stem. V

3'.- Ina'wire twister, a'shell body,

pansion coil jacket andformed perforation la' istemjfor'said cap, and 'adj 11st 7 able .wire engaging'memberscarried by said I stem said -members includinga bifurcated 7 block vpivotallIy" securedj'to'said stemff P f 1 7 a terminally serrated 4. lin awire twister; shell body formed-with an elongated slot, a

an expansion coil shell b'ody and j acket, a screw carried' by said jacket'an'd disposedin thefslot lnsaid shellbody, a rotary cap carried-by said j acket and formed with a wire-receiving perforation,

a stem for saidcap, abifurcated-blo'ckpivo-' tally-'connected to said stem, a serrated plate carriedby said block; a shank screw-con? block ito bind" the nected to said plateiand means 'for limiting;

"j wa y ab a r e y s d'i ke e and o adj ustable wire-en-* wire agalnst the former'member, andgaihan- 1 die for said shankp r In testimony, thatlclaim the foregoing as my own I have hereto afiixedi my signature in the presence of two subscribing witnesses V H N G DE SQK; I

Witnesses-z ERICK T. CARLBER GTTOEJOHNSONLI 6 0 shell body, 

